What kind of terrorist makes a bomb with a giant light up image of a cartoon character? What kind of terrorist places these highly visible and attention grabbing bombs in the most visible of locations? And what kind of terrorist leaves them sitting out there out in the open glowing their prescience for weeks without detonating them?
Someone who wants to scare people. Which is what terrorists want, more than to kill. The killing is a terror tactic, but it doesn't have to be the only one.
If someone left you an envelope with a cartoon figure flipping you a bird and a white powdery substance inside, would you assume it's a publicity stunt, or would you call 911 and let them figure it out?
You don't even need to do that. All you need to do is stop the transmitter from sending out a tracking signal--then it can collect GPS information all it wants, and you don't pooch other drivers' navigation systems.
Until the day you replace the entire PC, it's the same computer.
I had one computer from 1992 until 2003. It was a 386/40, a 486 DX, a Pentium and an AMD at various points in its "life" until someone broke into my home and took it, because at no point did I break down and build a new system.
In other words, what kept the computer contiguous (again, IMO) was the data and applications on it. The hardware changed, the software changed, but I never thought of it as multiple computers because it never was.
No rocket motors for attitude control, I saw upon further research. But none for stationkeeping, either? Every time the satellite moves a handful of meters outside its proper orbital station, someone has to up there and fix it? That has to suck.
Optics are the valuable part, but fuel is the trickiest part. If they can refuel HST, then in theory they could keep it up there forever. The problem is, as another reply mentioned, cost effectiveness--we have optical telescope arrays on the ground now that give us better images than Hubble's main camera.
I know many people who simply can't afford new PCs are are stuck running Windows 95 & 98. Is there any way to correct these? (Aside from manually tweaking the clock.)
As a follow up... you also have to follow your company's expectations yourself. They don't want "most" of the calls logged--they want all of the calls logged.
Think of it as proof that you're doing your job: if you don't have numbers to back you up when management asks what your department is doing, you can look forward to losing money and/or people from your shop. Then you'll have just as much work to do, less money to make it happen and fewer people to do it with--because even though your shop handled 50 calls per day, you only logged 20, therefore management thinks you're only handling 20.
How can I actually get them to buy into logging calls, and not 'forget' or be 'too busy' to log things properly?
There's a time to be a buddy, and there's a time to be a boss.
You put to them, in plain terms: They will log their calls or you will find people who can follow simple instructions. Yes, it's a Big Damn Hammer(TM), and they may resent you for it in the short term; but your ass is on the line to get your helpdesk in order the way the company expects you to run it.
I'm not sure anyone's going to feel threatened... or, if they do, I don't really see why they should.
I agree with you, only the hacks would be out-of-luck with this arrangement. The photojournalists who can take a photo that tells a story will still be in good shape and will still have plenty of hard news to cover. There's so much demand for news, no number of professional photojournalists can keep up with it anyway.
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Why do you hate America?
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Unfortunately, however, you can still vote it into office.
What kind of terrorist makes a bomb with a giant light up image of a cartoon character? What kind of terrorist places these highly visible and attention grabbing bombs in the most visible of locations? And what kind of terrorist leaves them sitting out there out in the open glowing their prescience for weeks without detonating them?
Someone who wants to scare people. Which is what terrorists want, more than to kill. The killing is a terror tactic, but it doesn't have to be the only one.
If someone left you an envelope with a cartoon figure flipping you a bird and a white powdery substance inside, would you assume it's a publicity stunt, or would you call 911 and let them figure it out?
Go back to the books, bub. Just because the Constitution doesn't spell it out, doesn't mean it isn't there.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
It's the Ninth Amendment. Read it and remember it.
You don't even need to do that. All you need to do is stop the transmitter from sending out a tracking signal--then it can collect GPS information all it wants, and you don't pooch other drivers' navigation systems.
Can we set up a solar colony for the Scientologists?
Titles can't be copyrighted.
Lycos' customers aren't the ones using their e-mail. Those are the product. The customers are their advertisers.
And an Intel Pentium processor answers that it's 3.9999890042516.
I'm still waiting to see that $5 price drop, personally.
Until the day you replace the entire PC, it's the same computer.
I had one computer from 1992 until 2003. It was a 386/40, a 486 DX, a Pentium and an AMD at various points in its "life" until someone broke into my home and took it, because at no point did I break down and build a new system.
In other words, what kept the computer contiguous (again, IMO) was the data and applications on it. The hardware changed, the software changed, but I never thought of it as multiple computers because it never was.
No rocket motors for attitude control, I saw upon further research. But none for stationkeeping, either? Every time the satellite moves a handful of meters outside its proper orbital station, someone has to up there and fix it? That has to suck.
Optics are the valuable part, but fuel is the trickiest part. If they can refuel HST, then in theory they could keep it up there forever. The problem is, as another reply mentioned, cost effectiveness--we have optical telescope arrays on the ground now that give us better images than Hubble's main camera.
I always mod them "underrated," personally. I don't like other people metamodding my warped sense of humor.
I have found a version of every application I need...
Really? I've had difficulty finding a Linux version of Neverwinter Nights 2 ... maybe you can help?
Now, yes; but it was nowhere that important 11 years ago.
Judging by the amount of Republican junk I had in my mailbox I had last fall, I would say no. And thank the gods they haven't.
Oh, it's comical alright ... just not the way they think.
The Internet without content management laws is like a fish without a bicycle.
I know many people who simply can't afford new PCs are are stuck running Windows 95 & 98. Is there any way to correct these? (Aside from manually tweaking the clock.)
Yes. Yes, there is.
As a follow up ... you also have to follow your company's expectations yourself. They don't want "most" of the calls logged--they want all of the calls logged.
Think of it as proof that you're doing your job: if you don't have numbers to back you up when management asks what your department is doing, you can look forward to losing money and/or people from your shop. Then you'll have just as much work to do, less money to make it happen and fewer people to do it with--because even though your shop handled 50 calls per day, you only logged 20, therefore management thinks you're only handling 20.
How can I actually get them to buy into logging calls, and not 'forget' or be 'too busy' to log things properly?
There's a time to be a buddy, and there's a time to be a boss.
You put to them, in plain terms: They will log their calls or you will find people who can follow simple instructions. Yes, it's a Big Damn Hammer(TM), and they may resent you for it in the short term; but your ass is on the line to get your helpdesk in order the way the company expects you to run it.
That has the convenient side effect of making your site not work for AOL users or anyone else behind a balanced proxy
You misspelled "benefit." :)
I'm not sure anyone's going to feel threatened ... or, if they do, I don't really see why they should.
I agree with you, only the hacks would be out-of-luck with this arrangement. The photojournalists who can take a photo that tells a story will still be in good shape and will still have plenty of hard news to cover. There's so much demand for news, no number of professional photojournalists can keep up with it anyway.